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PRODUCERS LAB TORONTO 24 producers from Europe and Canada at the Toronto International Film Festival® – part two


Tristan Orpen Lynch Subotica Dublin, Ireland phone +353 1- 662 2226 tristan@subotica.ie www.subotica.ie


Anne Walser C-Films Zurich, Switzerland phone +41 44- 253 6555 cell +41 79- 419 6067 walser@c-films.com www.c-films.ch


French-born Anne Walser joined Zurich- based C-Films in 1999 as a production mana ger


and line producer. She became a partner in the company in 2007 and now concentrates on international co- productions by such filmmakers as Denis Rabaglia and Alain Gsponer. This year, Anne has three German-Swiss co- productions being realised, including Markus Welter‘s Martin Suter adaptation and Gsponer‘s historical war drama, and is at an early stage of development on two feature film projects with international potential such as a biopic on the kickboxing legend Andy Hug. She is also preparing two literary adaptations based on bestselling novels.


Films in development The Messenger – Spy Of The Mosques director: Bastian Schweitzer Switzerland/Germany/France or Canada The Devil On The Hills, director: Fulvio Bernasconi, Switzerland/Germany/Italy The Devil From Milan, in pre-production director: Markus Welter, Switzerland/Germany Klang der Stille (WT), shooting director: Friederike Jehn, Germany/Switzerland Selected Films 180°, 2010 (tv) director: Cihan Inan, Switzerland Marcello Marcello, 2008 director: Denis Rabaglia, Switzerland/Germany


Tristan Orpen Lynch has been active in the Irish film and music industry since 1989 and founded the production company Subotica Films Ltd in 1998. He has since worked as a producer for cinema and television with such filmmakers as David Caffrey, Aisling Walsh and Michael Radford as well as on the TV drama series “Random Passage”, two seasons of the thriller series “Proof” and the two-part drama “Damage”. Tristan has extensive experience of setting up international co-productions with partners from Denmark, Spain and the UK for such projects as Manuel Gómez Pereira‘s tragic romance drama The Hanged Man and Radford‘s La Mula.


Film in development Unless director: Alan Gilsenan Selected Films Perfect Sense, 2010 director: David Mackenzie, Ireland/UK/Denmark The Daisy Chain, 2007 director: Aisling Walsh, Ireland Small Engine Repair, 2006 director: Niall Heery, Ireland Song For A Raggy Boy, 2003 director: Aisling Walsh, Ireland/Denmark/Spain/UK On The Nose, 2000 director: David Caffrey, Canada/Ireland (co-produced) Night Train, 1999 director: John Lynch, Ireland


After graduating in Film Production from Montreal’s National Institute of Image and Sound, Nicolas Comeau produced numerous music videos and short films which have been presented in important festivals. In 2005, he line-produced François Rotger‘s French-Canadian co- production The Passenger and, in 2009, co-produced Rotger‘s Story Of Jen, which has been released in France and Canada as well as screening in competition at Locarno, Busan, Seattle and Hong Kong. Nicolas has a number of projects in development and has recently finished post-production on a new feature by Srinath Samarasinghe, which was co-produced with France‘s Avenue B Productions.


Nicolas Comeau 1976 Productions Montreal, Canada cell +1 514- 806 0502 nc@1976.tv www.1976.tv


Films in financing / development Gerontophilia director: Bruce La Bruce, Canada (co-producing) Un homme à la mer director: Geraldine Doignon, Canada/Belgium/France (co-producing) A Royal Day director: Clement Virgo, Canada (co-producing)


Chantal Lafleur Productions La Fête Montreal, Canada phone +1 514- 848 0417 ext. 406 cell +1 514- 804 2123 clafleur@lafete.com www.lafete.com


Film in development The Time Bender Selected Films The Dog Who Stopped The War…As Time Goes By, 2009, dir: Marie-Hélène Copti, Canada


Autoportrait director: Anne Theron, Canada/France (co-producing) Selected Films A Cloud In A Glass Of Water, 2011 director: Srinath C. Samarasinghe, France/Canada (co-produced) Story Of Jen, 2009 director: François Rotger, France/Canada (co-produced)


Chantal Lafleur joined La Fête in 1999 as a producer responsible for development, financing and the distribution of the second wave of family features Tales For All. Since then, many of the films she has produced have won awards at festivals, including co-productions by Maria Sigurodottir, Bernd Neuburger, and André Melançon as well as Roger Cantin‘s A Cargo To Africa, which won the audience award for Best Canadian Film at the 2009 Montreal Film Festival. Chantal also produced The Dog Who Stopped The War … As Time Goes By, a documentary marking the 25-year history of the family classic, which was nominated as best documentary at the Gémeaux Awards.


A Cargo To Africa, 2008 director: Roger Cantin, Canada Daniel And The Superdogs, 2004 director: André Melançon, Canada/UK


Summer With The Ghosts, 2003 director: Bernd Neuburger, Canada /Austria Regina, 2001 director: Maria Sigurodottir, Canada / Iceland


Associated EFP members: Baltic Films, British Council, Cinecittà Luce – Filmitalia, Czech Film Center, Flanders Image, Greek Film Centre, ICAA/Spain, Irish Film Board, Magyar Filmunió/Hungary, Romanian Film Promotion, Swiss Films


European Film Promotion Friedensallee 14-16, 22765 Hamburg, Germany info@efp-online.com www.efp-online.com


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